George Washington Carver
Character Key Number:
3416
Display Name:
George Washington Carver
Sort Name:
Carver, George Washington
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
George Washington Carver was an early 20th century Negro scientist and inventor who promoted crops, especially peanuts and sweet potatoes, as alternatives to cotton. The principal of Jefferson's Negro school mentions him in The Mansion when talking with Gavin about Linda Snopes' efforts to reform education for the country's black children (248).